Joan Dewey, LCSW

Joan Dewey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 28 years of professional experience, licensed to practice in both Alaska and Arizona. She has supported people across the lifespan through a wide range of challenges, including traumatic events, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, career transitions, parenting children with special needs, addictions and substance misuse, and stressors tied to racial, cultural, and historical impacts.

Joan emphasizes the person-in-environment perspective, helping clients explore how relationships, systems, and life circumstances influence well-being while working toward practical change. Her counseling style is respectful and compassionate, grounded in unconditional positive regard. She draws from a variety of evidence-informed methods - including Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy - to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related matters, eating and sleeping challenges, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Additional attention is given to concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, body image, chronic illness and disability, codependency, communication and control issues, disaster-related stress, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, divorce and separation, and domestic violence.

Joan aims to help people build healthier communication, strengthen meaningful connections, and process past experiences in ways that promote growth and empowerment. She invites individuals who are ready to explore change and develop new coping strategies to consider beginning that work.